Improvement in self-closing faucet attachments



P.. MGGONNELL, W. TRUESDELL F. MERTSHEIMEH- Saw-Closing Faucet-Attachments. No.24329, Patented Spternben,1873g UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT MCOONNELL, WILLIAM-TRUESDELL, AND FREDRIOK MEET` SHEIMER, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SELF-CLOSING FAUCET ATTACHMENTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 143,291, dated September 30, 1873; application filed May 24, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT McGoNNELL, WILLIAM TEUEsDELI., and FREDEICK MEET- SHEIMER, of Omaha, in the county of Donglas and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved Self- Closing Faucet Attachment, of which the following is a specication:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l represents a vertical longitudinal section of our self-closin g faucet attachment for barrels 5 and Fig. 2, a vertical transverse section on the line c c, Fig. 1.

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The object of our invention is to provide an attachment for barrels, casks, or other vessels which is so constructed that the faucet or cock may be inserted with ease and safety by the most inexperienced person, drawing, thereby,

indicate corre- `the contents, and obviating the use of corks and the destruction of the barrel-head bythe repeated driving in of the faucets now in use. The invention consists in the mode of combining parts to form a selfclosing faucet, as hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawing, A represents the barrel, cask, or other receptacle, to which the faucettube B, of suitable metal, is applied by means of the outer screwthread a, with conical inclination. The head b, of hexagonal or other shape, may be set flush into the barrel or project at the outside, if desired. An inside collar, d, at the end of tube B, serves as shoulder-rest for thespiral spring e, which coils around the tubular valve O, resting, with its other end, against shoulder f of the same. Apertu-res g at `end of valve O allow the liquid to pass out through tube B when that end projects outside of tube B. Solid extension h of valve O, of smaller diameter than the same, is threaded, and holds, by nut h', the soft rubber disk t and the strainer l on the end of tube B. The rubber disk i is of the same diatneter as the tube end, the strainer l ttiu g closely over the same. By the joint action of spiral spring e and nut h disk i is pressed firmly against the end of tube B, closing the same effectively, so that no liquid can escape. The inside of tube B near the head l1 is provided with a female thread, m, into which screws the end of faucet D.

The faucet D is turned in far enough to strike valve O, forcing the same back, so that disk i iscarried toward the inside oi' the ves-V By means of ahole and pin, O, through end I of extension h ofvalve C, the connection of the parts is still further secured.

On shipping the barrels, the cavity of tube B may be closed with a prepared Wax and sealed in suitable manner to prevent the contents being tampered with.

On withdrawing the faucet the valve attachment closes upon the tube B, and the barrel is ready for refilling. The ease and rapidity by which barrels may be tapped by the use of this attachment recommend it over the methods at present in use.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The self -closing faucet attachment formed by the combination of tube B,valve C, spiral spring e, disk z', strainer l, and nut h', substantially as and for the purpose described.

ROBERT MCOONNELL. WILLIAM TRUESDELL. FREDRIOK MERTSHEIMER.

Witnesses:

W. HENRY ERDMENN, LEWIS S. REED. 

